Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-13
GETTING TO THE FACTS.
The PinkertOns Gradually Solving the
Mystery of the Rock Island
Express Robbery.
The Baggageman of the Ill Fated Train
Charged with tho Assassination of the
Express Messenger.

MORRIS, ILL, Feb. l2.-Yesterday Will
liam Pinkerton came here with Newton
Waltz and Mrs. Schwartz, and had long
interview with Schwartz. This morning
Waltz was placed under arrest and taken
before Justice Woodbury., charged with
completely in the murder of Kellogg Mich
OILS, the Rock Island express messenger.
The preliminary examination was post
poned to Friday of next week. After
Harry Schwartz, the brakeman, had been
bound over by the committing magistrate
at Morris the other day it was thought
hest to make d search OF his house
in the hope that some of the
plumber might be found therein.
As result his wife came TO PinkertOn's
detective agency and, after some hesita-
ton. made a confession. She admits she
had changed quite 8 number of 500 and
$500 bills 81 one place and another, that
she had carried considerable sum on
her person and that she had maintained
great secrecy about these matters at the
request of her husband. She said
while her husband knew nothing
about the murder or who committed
it, on the night of the tragedy he ran the
express car from Morris TO Davenport;
that after he got into the Car and began
sorting things around he found packages
of $50 and 500 bills, which he
put in his pocket, and atterward
found them to contain $1,000. He had
expended ~Ome Of this, had seCreted an
other small portion; had buried pack
age when he thought he was not closely
watched by the detectives in Pniladel
phia, and finally had given another share
to friend. Mrs. Schwartz expressed
herself as exceedingly anxious her hus-
band should state the whole
truth Of the business ard offered
to go to Morris and urge MIN
10 do so. On Monday last W. A. PlnKer-
ton and Mrs. Schwartz went to Morris
and visited the brakeman IN Jail.
Schwartz was told frankly what his
wife had said and was asked to make an
explanation. Mrs. Schwartz threw her
AIMS around his neck and begged him
t. tell the truth. He then said ne had
found a package under a seat in the
smoking car of Dan!orth's train, on which
he rode from Davenport to Chicago on
the night after the robbery; that it was
wrapped in brown MANILA paper, and
that the wrapper was marked $4,000, but
tents or not he did not know.
81 put this money in my pocket" he
said, "snd said nothing to anybody about
it. In May last when l went to Philadel-
phia and was so closely watched and
bounded about l burned $500 of it in a
stove at home. The balance | spent"
On being assured that this story could
not be true, he finally said he had given
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name he would not give because it would
get that man into trouble. Pinkerton
told him much would depend upon cir
cumstances, and he admitted he had
given upwards of $4,000 in 500 bills to
Newton Waltz.
"You 60 to Newton Waltz" said he to
Pinkerton, land tell himI sent you, and
that want him to give you two packages
| gave him last August wrapped in brown
paper. He will probably deny that he got
them, but say to him ii ne doubts your
word 10 come and see me and 1 will give
him an order"
PinkertOn was thus armed for an en-
counter with Waltz, who had been under
suspicion from the beginning, but against
whom it seemed impossible to secure
tangible evidence. The following day
Waltz was called into q room and de-
mand was made on him, in the presence
Of Mrs. Schwartz, for the packages.
Turning to Mrs. Schwartz, Waltz said:
"Mrs. Schwartz, have not got anything
belonging to Harry, and never had. l
would not De fool enough to take any
packages after this robbery and murder"
Nj. Pinkerton-"Waltz, this is all
foolishness. You know you have got
those packages"
Mrs. Schwsrtz-"Yes, that is true.
You know you got me to leave the house
while Harry got you those packages, and
want you to give them up to Mr.. Pink
erton."
Waltz-"I have taken nothing to give
up" esi
The efforts to make him tell the truth
having proved unavailing, Waltz was